The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of marbling category and postmortem aging on the palatability of lamb loin chops as determined by U.S. consumers.

Several studies have shown consumer overall acceptability was more highly correlated with flavor ratings than tenderness or juiciness, regardless of tenderness variation.

The 2010 National Meat Case Study revealed that ground beef accounted for 12 percent of the linear feet in retail meat cases.